George sochttrek



' G. SOCHUREK.

TOY AIRPLANE.

. APPLICATION FILIED' FEB- 5. 1919.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

wmv E8 INVENTOR A TTORIVEYS nears STAT T GEORGE SOCHUREK, OF NEW YORK, N. V

V I TOY AIRPLANE.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be itknown that I, GEORGE SOOHUREK, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Astoria, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Toy Airplane, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to toys and has for an object the provision of an improved construction which is adapted to be supported by movable cable or support and arranged to move back and forth over the support, the arrangement being such that the, toy

.- will turn as it reaches the end of its travel in either direction. 7 V

Another object of the inventionis the provision of a flying toy in the nature of an airplane which is provided with a rudder and a controlling structure as a support,

whereby the airplane will turn around each time it changes direction.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a toy airplane with a simple,

5 but strong arrangement of supporting struts andv a set of removable stabilizing planes whichhold themselves in position and at the same time hold the rudder in place.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a side-view showing the toy embodying theinvention as the same would appear in use.

F g.1 2 1s. a top plan viewwith certain parts broken away dlsclosingthe same airplane illustrated in Fig. 1, the-same being on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail fragmentar sectional view through Fig. 2 on line 33.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates azca'ble of anydesired kind which may be secured to a hook 2 will turn around by reason of the tail 5- thereof acting against the air and will move toward end 3: The airplane 4 is preferably supported by asingle cord 6 extending through the upper plane 7 at the center of Specification of Letters Patent. P tented N av. 25, 1919. Application filed February 5, 1919. Serial No. 275,087.

air-cr m on gravity of the airplane,,said cordbeing di vided at 8 so that there will be an individual cord at each side of thepulley 9, 'saidindi vidual cords being secured to the axle of shaft 10 extending through the pulley, said pulley being, of course, grooved for straddling the cable 1. f 3

The airplanet is provided with a fuselage 11 made from side members 12 and 13 which are preferably pasteboard, said side memhere being. secured to block l-il, which is v preferably wood. Block 14, accommodates a pin 15 on which a propeller lois loosely mounted so as; to be rotated by theair pres v sure as the fuselage mores through the air. Coacting withupper plane 7 is a lower plane 17, said planes being, connected by a plurality of front struts 18, and a'plu'rality of as to bracethe planes? and 17 both long-i -tudinally.and-transversely. Each of these struts is provided with a pair of spur 20 and 21 at each end, said spurs extending through the respective planes or bent'overrear struts 19. The struts 18 and' 19 are flat and arranged at, right angles to each otherso as shown in Fig. Preferably the 00111- less than the widthjgof the struts ,whereby 'bined width of the two-spurs 20 and 21is shoulders 22 and 23 are provided, against, 7

which the planes-are pressed when the spurs 20 and 21 are bent over. At'the-rear of the fuselage the rudder 5 is provided with a forwardly extending portion 24 which extends-between the rear portions of the sides 12 and -13 and is clamped rigidly in place therebetween by the extensions .25 andL-26 which project from the planes 27 and. 28. T

The slot through the rear end of the respective side members 12 and 13 is just'suificiently large to allow the projections 25' and 26 to be squeezed therethrough whereby the parts are held in position by the friction,

-'though if desired a little glue or other adhe'sive' may be used. It will be noted that 1 the rudder or tail 5 is at right angles tofthe fuselage members 12 and 13 and therefore tends to keep the plane traveling in a straight away direction. When thecord is lowered, however, or 'moved in any direction, the plane will usually be tilted slightly,

or may be rotated on the suspending cord so that the tail or rudder will be tipped out of the perpedicular and a reaction between'the air and the tail or rudderwill cause ajtWisting action of the plane.- This Will result in the airplane turning around so as to face in the direction of travel.

What I claim is:

1. A toy airplane comprising a fuselage, lifting planes, a rudder, and a supporting member comprising a grooved wheel and a suspending cord connected to the airplane at its center of gravity, a cable acting as a track for said wheel whereby when the cable is in one position t e weight ofthe airplane and the action of the rudder will cause the airplane to more in one direction, and when the supporting member is tilted to the opposite position the weight will cause he airplane to move in the opposite direction while the rudder will act on the air and turn the airplane so as to face in the direction in which it is traveling.

2. In a toy of the character described, an airplane having a comparatively large rut der, a suspending cord connected with said airplane substantially the center of balance, a grooved trolley wheel connected with said cord, and a supporting cable for said wheel adapted to he connected to a fixed body at one end and held by theope a or at the opposite end whereby the operator raises and lowers the tree end of the cord the weight of tne pulley, airplane and associate parts will cause theairplane to move IfOlll one end of the cord to the other, while the rudder acting on the air will turn the airplane so as to face in the direction in which it is traveling.

3. A toy airplane comprising a fuselage formed from a block, a pair of side strips extending from the blockrearwardly, the

rear end of said strips being provided with ao'ertures a pair of lift-in la nes. struts for l a r 2:

' connecting said lifting planes together,

means for connecting one of the lifting planes with said bloc r, propeller n'iounted at the front of said fuselage, a rudder arranged at the rear of said fuselage with a portion extending between said strips,'and

means extending through said apertures and said rudder for locking the rudder in place. l. A toy airplane comprising a fusela 'e, steerlng and stabllizingineans arranged at arranged at the rear end of p the apertures the rear of t ie fuselage, a pair of lifting planes, one of said lifting planes being connected with said fuselage, and a plurality of struts connecting said lifting planes, all of said struts being formed from flatinaterial with one set of struts arranged so that the flat faces thereof will be parallel with the front edge of the planes, and the other struts with the flat faces at right angles to the front edge of said planes, each of said struts having spurs extending therefrom through the respect-iv planes, saic spurs be ing bent over so as to lock the planes to the struts.

means at the rear for steeri k l 311.171- ing the airplane, a pair of lifting planes arranged at the front of the fuselage, means for connecting one of said planes to the fuselage, and a plurality of struts for connecting the planes together, each of said struts having a plurality of spine at each end extending through the plane a id spurs being bent over for locking the 1 accto the struts. i

6. A toy airplane comprising a fuselage formed with a pair of side plates, a pair of lifting planes connected with t l la e, a rudder connected with the re ad of fuselage, a pair stabilizing planes fuselage through formed with projections extending said plates.

7 AI toy airplane comprising uselage having a pair of side plates, pair of lifting planes connected to the fuse near the front, said side plates near the end being formed with registering apertures, a rudder having an apertured, xtension projecting between said side plates so-that the aperture in the extension will register with in the side plates, and a pair of stabilizing planes formed with projections constructed to extend through all of said apertures when in registry whereby the rudder is held in position. and the stabilizing planes are also held in position.

GE ORGE SOCHUB-EK. 

